Samsung recently unveiled its newest iteration of the Galaxy S series. And it's a big year for the brand as it celebrates the 10th year of this flagship line. If you want a quick overview of what's new with Galaxy S10, here's a rundown under the cut.
Infinity-O display
Samsung has done without a notch for its flagship devices, despite everyone else having some form of it on theirs. Now with the Galaxy S10, S10+, and S10e, Samsung skipped the notch entirely and went straight into what it's called the Infinity-O display. These feature punch-hole at the upper right of the phone that house the front-facing camera or cameras (depending on what model you have). This allowed Samsung to provide a 90 percent screen-to-body ratio and kept the bezels on all three phones as thin as possible.
These phones sport what Samsung calls Dynamic AMOLED displays, which it claims are brighter than displays on its previous phones. These displays support HDR 10+ with Dynamic Tone Mapping, have better color accuracy, and less blue light even before the Blue Light Filter is activated.
As seen in the leaks, the Galaxy S10 comes with 6.1-inch WQHD+ display, the S10+ comes with a 6.4-inch WQHD+ display, and the S10e comes with a 5.8-inch FHD+ display. The S10 and S10+ both have curved edge displays, while the S10e has a flat edge screen.
New cameras
Samsung makes sure you have plenty to work with with the S10 line. The Galaxy S10 and S10+ have a triple camera system at the back, which lets you toggle between telephoto and wide angle. The phones have a 12-megapixel telephoto lens with zoom, optical image stabilization, and autofocus; a 12-megapixel wide lens with dual aperture, dual pixel, and OIS; and a 16-megapixel 123-degree ultra-wide lens with fixed focus.
Meanwhile, the S10e loses the telephoto lens. Samsung wants its users to get as much as they can in a shot, so it's kept the ultra-wide angle lens on all its devices.
For the front shooter, the S10 and S10e both get a 10-megapixel camera. While the S10+ gets a 10-megapixel + 8-megapixel front camera that can shoot UHD videos and help with creating portrait shots and what the company calls "artistic Live Focus effects."
Fingerprint scanner
Both the Galaxy S10 and S10+ sport ultrasonic fingerprint sensors. These sensors are designed to be more secure than optical fingerprint sensors. These create a 3D impression of your fingerprint, instead of just using an image of your fingerprint, which optical sensors do. It's also designed to work better in different kinds of conditions, whether its humid or hot out or there are any changes in ambient temperature. If you have greasy hands, this is supposed to work, too.
To help bring down costs for the S10e, this model gets a side fingerprint sensor on the power button.
Performance improvement
As expected, these phones get a performance upgrade. The S10 now has an 8nm mobile chipset, which Samsung claims have better CPU and GPU performance but use less battery at the same time.
Samsung is also introducing its first 12GB RAM model with a whopping 1TB of storage for the S10+. This can be expanded up to 1.5TB via microSD. This model also has an 8GB/128GB variant, which is what the S10 comes in with as well. Meanwhile, the S10e has 6GB/128GB configuration.
The phones also get bigger batteries with the S10+ sporting a 4,100mAh battery, the S10 has a 3,400mAh battery, and the S10e has a 3,100mAh battery.
Wireless Power Share
Samsung isn't the first to bring this technology to its smartphones, but the series is the first to offer wireless charging not just for Qi-compatible devices but for Samsung accessories like its new smartwatch and Galaxy Buds. This Wireless PowerShare feature can even charge your smartphone and a secondary device at the same time.
Pricing for the Galaxy S10 starts at $1,019.99 for S10e, $1,259.99 for S10, and $1,419.99 for S10+. The Ceramic White 1TB version of the S10+ goes for a hefty $2,209.99. The phones are currently available for pre-order and will be out on the market starting March 8th.